[Habitat Exec] Fwd: Habitat Update from Habitat for Humanity International

[Grace Lee]

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From: Habitat for Humanity <extra at habitat.org>
Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Subject: Habitat Update from Habitat for Humanity International
To: Grace Lee <gracelee at mit.edu>


  <http://www.habitat.org/>
  *October 2009 News*  *Habitat volunteer named "Ultimate
Volunteer"<http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2009archive/10_19_2009_Volunteer_Awards.aspx>
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Tom Gipson, a Habitat volunteer and professional homebuilder in Raleigh,
North Carolina, was selected as the grand prize winner of The Ultimate
Volunteer Contest sponsored by ABC’s "The View."   *New book about Habitat
inspires young readers<http://www.habitat.org/partnerships/media_entertainment/hammer.aspx>
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If I Had a Hammer: Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity,
written by David Rubel, is a nonfiction book for readers ages 9 and up. It
includes a foreword by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an afterword
by HFHI chief executive officer Jonathan Reckford. The book is for sale at
http://www.habitatstoreonline.com/.   *Register for Collegiate
Challenge<http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/ages_14_25/collegiate_challenge/default_collegiate_challenge.aspx>
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Collegiate Challenge is Habitat's year-round alternative school break
program that offers students ages 16–25 the opportunity to work with a U.S.
affiliate to help eliminate poverty housing. Students from throughout the
United States and Canada can connect with new people in new places and make
a meaningful difference through Collegiate Challenge!   *Volunteers make the
difference <http://www.habitat.org/photogallery/VolOpSlideshow/index.html>*
Around the world, Habitat volunteers are fundraisers and advocates for the
mission. View a slideshow that highlights how you can volunteer.    *Get
Involved with Habitat*  *Tell Congress to pass the SLUM Assistance
Act<http://secure.habitat.org/c.fpIQK4OyFkG/b.5073627/k.4C2E/Tell_Congress_to_pass_the_SLUM_Assistance_Act/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx>
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Today, 1 billion people live in slums, and that number is growing rapidly.
Urge your legislators to support the SLUM Assistance Act--a bill that calls
on President Obama to help establish and implement programs that create
sustainable urban development and give essential services and infrastructure
to the poor.    *Habitat Success Story*
 *From a house to home <http://www.habitat.org/faces_places/hom/hart.aspx>*
A mother in New Zealand builds a new house—and friendships.

 *Q&A: Youth, education and
housing<http://www.habitat.org/faces_places/vol/qandaoct2009.aspx>
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 Find out how education and housing go hand-in-hand in this month’s Q&A.


 *Housing Statistic*

50 percent and five years: minimum down payment and maximum term of mortgage
to buy a house in the 1920s in the United States.1

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  1Source: Habitat for Humanity’s Shelter Report 2010


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